Abstract: Nicaraguan posters, 1979-1989, representing a wide range of
themes, including literacy campaigns, commemorations of revolutionary book releases,
land reform, and cultural events.

Languages represented: Collection materials are in Spanish.

Physical location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored
offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the
location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright status unknown. Some materials in these collections may be protected by
the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.X.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some
materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or
purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing
and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright
beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of copyright
owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without
permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.

Copyright Requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection
materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Access Services, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. Consent is
given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and
does not constitute permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be
obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html

Other Nicaraguan posters at the Bancroft Library are held in the Data Center
collection (BANC PIC 1999.087.)

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Nicaraguan poster collection was acquired by The Bancroft Library through
purchase from a single vendor in 1999.

Accruals

Collection is closed, no future additions are expected.

Processing History

Processed by Lincoln Cushing in 2005.

Arrangement

Items in the Nicaraguan poster collection were assigned item numbers as they were
inventoried by the library. These are simply sequential numbers appended to the
collection number (BANC PIC 1999.042). They reflect no intellectual arrangement,
no evidence as to provenance, and they are not related to the creation of the
items in any way. The numbers are required for item identification and retrieval
from storage.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection is comprised of 103 posters collected by Daisy Zamora, Nicaraguan
Vice-Minister of Culture and the Executive Director of the Institute of Economic and
Social Research of Nicaragua after the Sandinista revolution. They were produced
from 1979 through the late 1980s, covering the period of the Nicaraguan Revolution
(1978-1979) against the dictatorship of President Anastasio (Debayle) Somoza and the
subsequent national reconstruction by the Sandinista government. They represent a
wide range of themes, including literacy campaigns, commemorations of revolutionary
events and heroes (Sandino, Ernesto Cardenal, Rubén Darío, Carlos Fonseca), book
releases, land reform, and cultural events.

The Nicaraguan agencies and organizations that created these posters include the
Asociación de Mujeres Nicaraguenses Luisa Amanda Espinosa (AMNLAE, Association of
Nicaraguan Women), the Asociación Sandinista de Trabajadores de la Cultura (ASTC,
Association of Nicaraguan Cultural Workers), the Central Sandinista de Trabajadores
(CST, Sandinista Workers' Federation), the Ministerio de Cultura (Ministry of
Culture), and the Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización (National Literacy Crusade).
Others were issued by Nicaraguan presses as well as art workshops such as Editorial
Nueva Nicaragua and the Taller Experimental de Grafica. A small number are from
international solidarity groups and collaborative foreign agencies.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.